The University of Wyoming Percussion Ensemble, directed by graduate student Brenton Ethan Church, will perform its spring concert Monday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall. (UW Photo)
The University of Wyoming Percussion Ensemble, directed by graduate student Brenton
Ethan Church, will present audiences with electrifying melodies during its spring
concert Monday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts
concert hall.
The concert is free and open to the public.
The program features works ranging from contemporary quartets to high-energy Brazilian
samba. “The Feeling of Coming Home,” by Victor La Bozzetta III, is a harmonically
rich and structured piece that uses a fading metric grid to evoke the warm, colorful
sensation of returning home.
Dave Hall’s “Escape Velocity” is a percussion quartet -- influenced by Béla Bartók
as well as “drum ‘n’ bass” artists such as Venetian Snares and Aphex Twin -- featuring
three keyboards, djembe and multiple instruments per player.
“Karakurenai,” by Andy Akiho, originally written for solo prepared steel pan as part
of the “Synesthesia Suite,” can be performed on any combination of instruments and
encourages improvisation.
Clark Hubbard’s “STARDUST,” commissioned by Vanderbilt Percussion Group, is a percussion
quartet blending rock, metal and classical featuring vibraphones and multi-percussionists.
Commissioned by the TCU Percussion Orchestra, Dave Hall’s percussion orchestra composition
“Doors” is a requiem and sonic exploration of the journey through experience and loss,
illuminated by forward movement through a series of doors and rooms.
The concert concludes with the traditional piece “Samba Batucada,” which brings vibrant
Afro-Brazilian rhythms from Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, Brazil, to the stage.
UW Percussion Ensemble performers include: Joseph Brasher, Trystan Campbell, Zachary
Caraballo, Church, Charles Cloud, Ethan Cox, Sam Gaddy, Kyle Gudger, Lee Huber, Brock
Huntington, Haylie Johnson, Jonathan Krum, Morgan McAdams, Corter McCarthy, Catcher
Pannell, Carson Rabou, Renato Silva, Brody Stone, Ethan Walsh and Kai Wolz.
For more information, call Church at (307) 369-6061 or email bchurch3@uwyo.edu.
